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One in six Canadian tax filers claimed a charitable donation on their tax form in 2021, giving a record high $11.8 billion, thanks in part to a growing share of large donors.

December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This day aims to increase awareness and promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in every aspect of life.

How much do Canadian families spend raising a child? About $293,000 from birth to age 17 (an average of $17,235 per year) for a two-parent, middle-income family with two children, according to the first national estimate in over a decade.

In the years leading up the pandemic, almost 1 in 10 Canadian adults aged 20 to 79 had diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes ranged from 1% of Canadians aged 20 to 39 to almost one in five seniors aged 60 to 79.

On September 13, 2023, Statistics Canada released a new report on the Health of Canadians, which aims to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-access portrait of population health in Canada.

As winter’s chill tightens its grip, there is something else that tends to dip along with the temperatures—our vitamin D levels. Millions of Canadians are falling short of vitamin D levels, with teens and younger adults most affected.

The business opening rate rose from 4.2% in July to 4.4% in August, following two consecutive months of contractions. The opening rate was 0.3 percentage points below its 2015-2019 historical average before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Farm Input Price Index (FIPI), an indicator of the price changes of farm inputs Canadian farmers face, increased by 2.6% in the second quarter of 2023 compared with the same quarter a year ago.